Canadian winter day

[604guy]

Another challenging day in Canadian aviation :ok:
This is Halifax currently

METAR CYHZ 191200Z 02023G36KT 1/8SM +SN VV002 M04/M04 RMK SN8 /S24/
CIG EST ALTM MISG=

or Charlottetown

METAR CYYG 191600Z 03040G55KT 0SM +SN +BLSN VV001 M04/M05 A2921 RMK
BLSN8 PRESFR /S25/ SLP895=

[goates]

Looks pretty good from where I'm sitting.

METAR CYYC 191400Z 24005KT 20SM SCT090 BKN120 M00/M08 A2983 RMK AC4AC2 SLP136=

:D :ok:

goates

[Major Cong]

At least its warm, YXE dropped to -48 a few weeks ago. Which is a tadge chilly for a British chap.:uhoh:

[Big Pistons Forever]

METAR CYYJ 192200Z 13010KT 30SM FEW028CB FEW035 FEW050 SCT230 10/06 A3026 RMK CB2CU1SC1CI1 SLP247=

Ho Hum just another regular West Coast afternoon
:cool:

604 Guy: Whatsamatter Halifax has got 200 and an 1/8 and its only blowing 36 kn, Its a piece of cake for Down East Airlines. :D
Althought I have to admit Charlottetown weather is crappy even by East Coast standards:uhoh:

[Huron Topp]

I'd look out my window to confirm the wx here on the right coast, but its buried in snow at the 'mo.:} A beautiful little nor'easter...eh.

I'd say halifax is the same as ch'town about now, winds have to be over 45 kts.

BPF: I think even 'ole Ace and the boys would be downing a few Moose in the this stuff.:ok:

[604guy]

Well with the ILS's off line in YHZ it means a VFR approach and yes it was reported better than 50 and an 1/8...oh hell what can I say, I'm just getting old. :}

[Huron Topp]

Well, the vertical snow has slowed...but the horizontal stuff is just whizzin' by. Looks like I'm gonna have to throw the dog out the living-room window so's he can pee. 'Bout a 5ft drift in my front door. More than likely turning to freezing rain by morning. It's a wonderful day in the neighbourhood...

Just took a little piccie out the back. Literally couldn't even see out front, and I ain't interested in risking opening the door and having to shovel out my entryway.

http://www.redcrane.ca/110_1004.JPG

[Lu Zuckerman]

We have six feet in our front yard and in the back the snow is up to or deck (4 feet) and the weather report says it will snow for the next three days. 28 clicks west of Montreal.

In 1976 I flew from the Netherlands to Mirabel. We were the first aircraft to land at Mirabel and the last to land at Mirabel for the next day or so. They had removed 14 inches of snow from the runway to allow us to land

:E :E

[Charley B]

Jerricho
What have you let yourself in for????????

Lets have another few piccies chaps!

[Medium Salsa]

Just to put it into some plain old English for those wondering what the hell, where's my AIP......or still learning the ropes, here is the current one translated or expanded in long form.....

METAR CYHZ 200500Z 34030G42KT 1/4SM -SN +BLSN VV007 M06/M07 A2913 RMK SN8 CIG RAG VIS VRB 0-1/2 SLP871=

METAR LOCATION
CYHZ - HALIFAX/HALIFAX INTL/NS DATE - TIME
20 FEBRUARY 2004 - 0500 UTC
WIND
340 TRUE @ 30 KNOTS
GUSTS
42 KNOTS VISIBILITY
1/4 STAT. MILE RUNWAY VISUAL RANGE
WEATHER
LIGHT SNOW
HEAVY BLOWING SNOW CLOUDINESS
VERTICAL VISIBILITY 700 FT TEMP / DEWPOINT
-6 C / -7 C
ALTIMETER
29.13 IN HG RECENT WEATHER WIND SHEAR
REMARKS
RMK SN8 CIG RAG VIS VRB 0-1/2 SLP871=
CLOUD WITH OPACITY: SNOW 8 /8
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: 987.1 hPa

NOTAM
000000 CYHZ HALIFAX INTL
CYHZ RSC 15/33 100 PERCENT SNOW DRIFTS 25 IN. 0402191352 CYHZ RSC
06/24 100 PERCENT SNOW DRIFTS 25 IN. 0402191352

[Lear_doctor]

Thanks Salsa!

I knew it must of been cold, but at least now I have the slightest idea what you were going on about! :confused:

Regards


The Doc

[Jerricho]

Hee hee......thanks Charley B. ;)

Bring on the snow!

[bluesafrica]

Please, I like to stay away!!!!
Blues:E

[Mikey21]

Yep, got a lot of snow.
Skies are blue today and i cannot go flying.
My car is burried in the parking lot!!!!

Seen snow drift to the roof of some cars!!
Don't know if the vis on the east coast got above 1/4 sm yesterday??

I had the moncton ATIS, vis 0, vv 0, wind gusting 45kt, luckily enought all runway were closed.


What a mess this morning!!!

It 's gonna look pretty from the air.

Happy flying, on the east coast.

[SaturnV]

the roads are plowed fairly decent, but not a vehicle to be seen on them at 10:30 AST.

for live cameras, go to:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/tran/webcam/HighwayCameras.stm (http://)

Nova Scotia got up to 90 cm of snow, apparently an all-time record for one storm. Meteorologically, these types of storms in the NW Atlantic (and elsewhere) are known as "bombs." The central pressure of the bomb must fall 24 millibars or more in a 24-hour period. I believe the central pressure for this storm dropped to around 965 millibars. A buoy 170 nautical miles east of Hyannis Massachusetts recorded a drop of o0ver 40 millibars in pressure in a 24 hour period as this storm intensified.

[Huron Topp]

Here in the Hub (Truro,NS), picked up about 80cms. Normal plow dude couldn't even get to the drive. He's trying to dig out his own front-end loader to get his jobs done.

Here's a pic that shows why kids are good::}
http://www.redcrane.ca/110_1015.jpg
Only 50 metres to go!:ok: With the high winds, this stuff is really packed tight. Poor buggah has to use that small shovel, as he already broke the handle on the big one. Nice and toasty in the house though...:E

[Rollingthunder]

A couple of days ago,I was going to route myself YVR YYZ YHZ YYT LHR until a change in plans occured. Good thing too.
Was in YHZ last Feb. Landed in a blizzard and had to overnight. Driver of bus from airport almost had to be talked into doing the run into Dartmouth. Hairy run it was. One lane of a three lane highway barely passable. Very pretty from the hotel window. That trip - LHR YYT YHZ YOW YYZ YVR was 48.5 hours - door to door.

[Medium Salsa]

METAR CYRB 201500Z 05013KT 15SM VCFG SKC M35/M41 A3023 RMK SLP252=

METAR LOCATION
CYRB - RESOLUTE BAY/NU DATE - TIME
20 FEBRUARY 2004 - 1500 UTC
WIND
50 TRUE @ 13 KNOTS VISIBILITY
15 STAT. MILES RUNWAY VISUAL RANGE
WEATHER
IN THE VICINITY
FOG CLOUDINESS
CLEAR SKY TEMP / DEWPOINT
-35 C / -41 C
ALTIMETER
30.23 IN HG RECENT WEATHER WIND SHEAR
REMARKS
RMK SLP252=
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: 1025.2 hPa

That guy digging that driveway in the pic will probibly 'go postal' the next time he sees a plow go past makeing light work of it.


:p

[Stickies]

During a trip last month we were planning to go into Odessa ( Ukraine), until we saw the weather. It was 020/36 gusting 52 with the vis. down to 300m and the sky obscured in heavy blowing snow and a temp. of minus 19 and the TAF forecasting no let up in the vis. but a change to freezing rain. Needless to say plan B was activated!

[Medium Salsa]

Stickies, Where is your adventures side? Your C172 would have eaten it…. Piece of cake. Plan ‘B’, Greek Islands by any chance?? ;)

[rotornut]

Wonder how the Trailer Park Boys made out - they're from Halifax, aren't they? Probably smokin' an drinkin' like they always do...

[LTNman]

You just have to see this http://www.roads.gov.nl.ca/WinterExtremes/default.stm

[pigboat]

I've driven that road, albeit in the summer. The reason the road drifts in is mainly because there are many rock cuts. As it was told to me, the environmentalists decreed that the max width of a rock cut cannot exceed 100 feet. Since many of them are ninety degrees to the prevaling storm wind, they just fill full of snow when a storm strikes. Of course, they are environmentally friendly.

[Huron Topp]

Well, she's snowin' again. Another 6-12" on the way, today and tomorrow. Never would have believed we got the snow they said, until I went for a drive in town yesterday. Harder getting around even than after Juan passed through.

[Stickies]

Medium Salsa
Greek islands, no, done those! We were enjoying the delights of sunny Tehran when we were trying to get to Odessa and our plan B destination was Bucarest.

[Phil Lister]

I personally think that the Ace and crew at DEI would have kept going until the Metar mentioned BM... (blowing moose)..

Other than that, thank god I live on the proper side of the country.. today it was CAVU and about 16C...... :p

But really, I hope all is well in the maritimes and that you all come out of it OK....:ok:

[pigboat]

Wonder who flies 310's into the Rock.

UACN01 CYYT 261940
QX
UUA/OV YYT 1925 FL 006/TP A310/TB SVR/RM SVR WS NO CTL OF ACFT AT 100 FT AGL ON APCH RNWY 16.

[dartman]

just came from the far east where it was 25 degrees to find my driveway covered in snow. Thanks, but I've about had enough of winter!